7 results match your criteria: "University Health Network - Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Program[Affiliation]"

Background: After 2020, clinical practice recommendations have been released to inform cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs of best practices for post-COVID programming. The objective of this systematic review was to identify and summarize recommendations from clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) and consensus statements for CR delivery postpandemic.

Methods: Five databases (March 2020 through April 2023), grey literature and Web sites of CR international associations were searched.

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Effects of High-Intensity Interval Training, Moderate-to-Vigorous Intensity Continuous Training, and Nordic Walking on Functional Fitness in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.

J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev

May 2023

Exercise Physiology and Cardiovascular Health Lab, Division of Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Drs Terada and Reed, Mr Noda, and Ms Vidal-Almela); University Health Network Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Program, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Cotie); Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Sagamihara, Japan (Mr Noda); School of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Ms Vidal-Almela and Dr Reed); School of Kinesiology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada (Dr O'Neill); and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Dr Reed).

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Relationship Between Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation and Health Service Expenditures Within a Universal Health Care System.

Mayo Clin Proc

March 2017

University Health Network Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Program, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Objectives: To examine the relationship between cardiac rehabilitation participation and health service expenditures in Ontario, Canada.

Patients And Methods: A total of 6284 patients referred to cardiac rehabilitation between April 1, 2003, and December 31, 2010, were linked to 6284 matched cardiac rehabilitation eligible nonreferred controls and followed over a 3-year period across multiple linked administrative databases to identify health service utilization expenditures and mortality. All patients had previous cardiac hospitalizations within the preceding year.

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The eco-biological-behavioural perfect storm that follows heavy snowfall.

CMAJ

February 2017

University Health Network Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Program, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute - University Health Network, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences; Departments of Medicine and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.

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Synchronized personalized music audio-playlists to improve adherence to physical activity among patients participating in a structured exercise program: a proof-of-principle feasibility study.

Sports Med Open

May 2015

Music and Health Research Collaboratory, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, 80 Queens Park, Toronto, Canada ; Dean's Office, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, 80 Queens Park, Toronto, Canada ; The University of Toronto, 27 King's College Circle, Toronto, Canada.

Background: Preference-based tempo-pace synchronized music has been shown to reduce perceived physical activity exertion and improve exercise performance. The extent to which such strategies can improve adherence to physical activity remains unknown. The objective of the study is to explore the feasibility and efficacy of tempo-pace synchronized preference-based music audio-playlists on adherence to physical activity among cardiovascular disease patients participating in a cardiac rehabilitation.

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On-site programmatic attendance to cardiac rehabilitation and the healthy-adherer effect.

Eur J Prev Cardiol

October 2015

University Health Network Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Program, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, University of Toronto, Canada Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada.

Background: On-site attendance to prescheduled cardiac rehabilitation visits has been shown to be associated with improved outcomes following cardiac rehabilitation. The extent to which on-site programmatic attendance represents a healthy-adherer effect remains unknown.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study consisted of 17,000 consecutively referred patients to a cardiac rehabilitation program in Ontario, Canada.

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